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The Guardian - Life & Style • Jan. 18, 2026, 1:35 p.m.
‘I’ve never felt such a skin-zinging feeling of being alive’: my year of swimming in Nordic seas
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Dipping in the freezing waters of Scandinavia, Greenland and Finland was life-changing – and full of warmth thanks to saunas, hot springs and like-minded people Warm lights shine from the houses that dot the wintry slopes of Mount Fløyen and a cold wind blows as I stand in a swimming costume trying to talk myself into joining my friends in Bergen harbour. Stars are already appearing in the inky mid-afternoon sky.
Life-changing moments are easy to spot in retrospect, but at the time they can feel so ordinary. I didn’t know then that my wintry swim would lead to a year of adventures.
I was a hair’s breadth from wimping out, but then I was in. The water was so cold it burned.
Life-changing moments are easy to spot in retrospect, but at the time they can feel so ordinary. I didn’t know then that my wintry swim would lead to a year of adventures.
I was a hair’s breadth from wimping out, but then I was in. The water was so cold it burned.
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